Teaching Experience

New York University - Tisch School of the Arts (1996 - present)
Classical Ballet Teacher

Classical Ballet Guest Teacher:
Academie Americaine de Danse de Paris (June 2011)
National Ballet School of Canada (November 2010, 2011)
Ben Stevenson Academy of the Houston Ballet (2007, 2008, 2009)
The Joffrey Ballet School (2009)
The Royal Ballet School (2006, 2007)
English National Ballet (2007)

American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive Workshop (1998 - 2008)
Classical Ballet Teacher
Wayne University - Detroit, Michigan
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
University of Texas, Austin
ABT Studios, New York City
University California at Irvine

    Coaches Students for International Ballet Competitions

    Coaching & Direction Experience

Indianapolis City Ballet - Performance Director (Galas 2010, 2011) & Company Director 2012

Indianapolis City Ballet, Director of Master Class Series (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Guest Teacher & Repertoire Coach with:
Scottish Ballet Company (Glasgow),  Ballet Ireland (Dublin) and Croatian National Ballet Company (Zagreb)

Artistic Coordinator of “The Next Step,” (1995 - 1998) a gala dance evening in New York City featuring
artists from Ballet, Modern and Broadway Companies

Assistant to The Daring Project by Valentina Kozlova and Margo Sappington

Staged second act of La Bayadere for the Jackson Mississippi Ballet Company



    Performance Experience

    American Ballet Theatre (1972 - 1982)
Leading Ballerina Roles in La Bayadere, Giselle, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty,
Les Sylphides, The Firebird, and Raymonda Act III
and in
Contemporary Works by Sir Kenneth MacMillan (Danses Concertantes, Concerto),
Alvin Ailey (The River), Glen Tetley (Gemini, Voluntaries, Sphinx) and Agnes De Mille
(Rodeo, Fall River Legend)

    The Bavarian National Ballet - Munich, Germany (1983 - 1989)
As Principal Ballerina danced leading roles in Peter Wright’s Swan Lake, Giselle and
 Sleeping Beauty, John Neumeier’s The Nutcracker, Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Elite
Syncopations, Ronald Hynd’s Papillon and The Four Seasons, George Ballanchine’s Apollo
and Divertimento No. 15,  Birgit Cullberg’s Miss Julie, and John Cranko’s Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet and Eugene Onegin

    Guest Appearances with International Ballet Companies
Performed the role of Odette/Odile in Berlin Ballet’s production of Swan Lake
Performed the role of Giselle at the Budapest State Opera House
Performed the role of Juliet in Erich Walter’s Dusseldorf Production of Romeo and Juliet
Performed the role of Odette/Odile with the Niedersächsisches National Ballet - Hanover, Germany
Performed the role of Giselle with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

    Guest Appearances - Tours/Specials
Frequent guest artist in the United States and Europe
Toured Australia with Stars of World Ballet
Gala Evening, A Night at the Ballet, The Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Featured in Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s television special “A Tribute to Pavlova”

    Honors
Awarded the German newspaper Abendzeitung’s Weekly Cultural Award in 1984
for the portrayal of Tatjana in John Cranko’s Eugene Onegin

    Nominated for the David Payne Carter Award for Teaching Excellence by the
    Student Body at New York University

Other Projects:
Producer, Documentaries - American Ballet Theatre Ballerinas, Retrospective: Roy Round, Master Teacher: David Howard

    Professional Training
National Academy of Ballet and Theatre Arts
Academic and Performing Arts High School